How To Install ale on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ale on Debian 9. ale is synthetic capture engine and renderer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ale on Debian 9.

What is ale

ale is:

ALE aligns and merges several similar images from a digitizing device (such as a digital camera or scanner) into a single image. This operation can create a higher fidelity image by using details from several separate images combined into the final image. It can also be used to merge the images into a mosaic or panoramic image.

There are three methods to install ale on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ale Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ale using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ale

Install ale Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ale using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ale

Install ale Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ale using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ale

How To Uninstall ale on Debian 9

To uninstall only the ale package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ale

Uninstall ale And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ale and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ale

Remove ale Configurations and Data

To remove ale configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ale

Remove ale configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ale configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ale

Dependencies

ale have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ale package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.